Indications of peep - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

ATI RN Comprehensive Online Practice 2019 B with NGN / RN ATI Capstone Proctored Comprehensive Assessment 2019 B/ ATI Comprehensive 2019 B QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+ An antepartum nurse is caring for four clients. For which of the following clients should the nurse initiate seizure precautions? A client who is at 33 weeks of gestation and has severe gestational hypertension A client who is at 16 weeks of gestation a...

AG-ACNP – Respiratory Questions and Answers Graded A+ 58 yo. M presents to ED with complaints of dry cough. CXR revealed generalized, inflamed film throughout. What is the most likely diagnosis? Pneumonitis What drug has been known to prevent nosocomial PNA? Sulcarafate (Carafate) - Mucosal Protective Agent What is an initial finding associated with a pulmonary embolism? Respiratory Alkalosis - secondary to increased RR and blowing off CO2 What is diagnostic of pulmonary HTN? 2D echo Your...

FCCS (Fundamentals of Critical Care Support) What is the single most important indicator in critical illness? - tachypnea Beck's Triad - hypotension, JVD, muffled heart sounds - a/w cardiac tamponade What is the thyromental distance? - It is the distance in finger breadths between the anterior prominence of the thyroid cartilage (adam's apple) and the tip of the mandible (chin). It is an estimate of the length of the mandible and the available space anterior to the larynx What d...

what is the normal value for cardiac output? correct answer: 4-8 lpm What is the normal value for PAP? correct answer: 25/8 What is the normal value for PCWP? correct answer: 412 mmHG normal CVP value? correct answer: 2-6 mmHg Normal value for a shunt? correct answer: < 5% Normal value for C(a-v)O2? correct answer: 3-5% what is the normal value for SvO2? correct answer: 75% What is the normal value for the cardiac index? correct answer: 2.5-4.5 What is a normal...

ATI RN Comprehensive Online Practice 2019 B with NGN A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) via mechanical ventilation. The nurse should monitor the client for which of the following adverse effects of PEEP? Hypoxemia Tension pneumothorax Malignant hypertension Atelectasis - ANSWER Tension pneumothorax The nurse should identify that tension pneumothorax is a possible adverse effect of...

Which of the following ventilator settings is most likely to decrease the work of breathing? A assist-control B pressure support C tidal volume D CPAP {{Ans- Answer: B Pressure support senses the beginning of the patient's spontaneous inspiration and provides a set pressure to assist the inspiratory effort. The primary purpose of the ventilator settings listed in choices (A), (C), and (D) is not to decrease the work of breathing. -A nurse is caring for a patient with an acute infer...

ATI RN Comprehensive Online Practice 2019 B with NGN A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) via mechanical ventilation. The nurse should monitor the client for which of the following adverse effects of PEEP? Hypoxemia Tension pneumothorax Malignant hypertension Atelectasis - ANSWER Tension pneumothorax The nurse should identify that tension pneumothorax is a possible adverse effect of...

NBRC Therapist Multiple Choice Self Assessment - Exam Questions and Answers 2020 B | 2024/2025. Following placement of a tracheostomy tube for long-term mechanical ventilation, which of the following patient positions best prevents ventilator-associated pneumonia? A. prone B. Trendelenburg C. supine D.√ semi-Fowler EXPLANATIONS: (h) A. Prone positioning is contraindicated following tracheostomy placement. (h) B. Use of Trendelenburg positioning may increase the risk of aspiration...

Peds CCRN Review Questions (from AACN) – With 100% Verified Solutions Peds CCRN Review Questions (from AACN) – With 100% Verified Solutions PEEP is intended to do which of the following? A. Improve ventilation/perfusion matching B. Decrease functional residual capacity C. Increased venous return to the heart D. Increased cardiac output - ANSWER - A. Improve ventilation/perfusion matching - PEEP increases alveolar volume, thereby improving ventilation/perfusion matching and incre...

CCRN PEDS AACN Exam Questions & Answers-PEEP is intended to do which of the following? A. Improve ventilation/perfusion matching B. Decrease functional residual capacity C. Increased venous return to the heart D. Increased cardiac output - A. Improve ventilation/perfusion matching - PEEP increases alveolar volume, thereby improving ventilation/perfusion matching and increasing functional residual capacity. - A detrimental effect of PEEP (especially at high levels) is a decrease in veno...